Korean J Nephrol.
2011 Mar;30(2):191-195.
Secondary Membranous Nephropathy with Salivary Gland Cancer
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea. fineme1@hanmail.net
- 2Department of Otolaryngology, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea.
- 3Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- We report here on a rare case of membranous nephropathy occurring concurrently with salivary gland cancer. A 67-year-old woman was admitted to our department for nephrotic syndrome. She was diagnosed with membranous nephropathy and this was initially managed with steroids and cyclophosphamide, which started in 2003 and continued for about 10 months, without deriving any therapeutic benefits. During the treatment, the patient was diagnosed with salivary gland cancer when an incidental salivary gland mass was discovered in 2005. The patient's urinary protein level began to decrease following resection of the malignant mass. The clinical findings represent an interesting case of secondary membranous nephropathy that was diagnosed prior to the incidental discovery of malignancy.
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